New agent guide to leveraging non-contingent offers in a hot market
Investor Zain Jaffer offers tips for conducting due diligence and presenting a competitive offer that's unencumbered by contingencies
by Zain Jaffer Jan 7
Jones Fridman International brings on Straser Silicon Valley team
The merger brings on Katy Thielke Straser's 7-person team and allows Jones Fridman International to expand into NorCal. The team now represents about $25B in career sales
by Lillian Dickerson Jun 28
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt sells Silicon Valley home at $22.5M
Schmidt and his wife, Wendy Schmidt, bought the home in 1990 for $2M and expanded the estate over about 20 years, adding neighboring parcels, a guesthouse and a green house
by Lillian Dickerson Jun 20
America's wealthiest real estate billionaires in 2023
From multifamily to industrial properties, some of real estate's wealthiest billionaires made out better than others in 2023. Collectively, Forbes' 25 wealthiest real estate tycoons are worth $139B
Mystery solved: The Silicon Valley entity behind Flannery Associates
Over the past 6 years, a mysterious entity known only as Flannery Associates quietly scooped up nearly $900M in farmland outside the Bay Area. Now investors behind the plan have been revealed
by Taylor Anderson Aug 30
America’s priciest enclaves: The big risers and fallers in 2021
The most exclusive communities in the US got even tougher to buy into in 2021, as home prices soared in the nation's priciest ZIP codes, according to data firm PropertyShark
by Daniel Houston Nov 9
Number of '$1M cities' swells amid pandemic-fueled homebuying
The number of so-called 'million-dollar cities' surged 17% year over year, leading to the greatest net gain in such cities in at least a decade, according to a new Zillow study
by Lillian Dickerson Jan 11
3-D home of the day: A sunny California crib
Fully equipped with a basement bachelor pad
by Bill Brown Dec 28
Bay Area suburbs some of the best in the nation
Atherton ranked as the fifth-best suburb
by Erik Pisor Nov 9
Homeowner perception of San Francisco surprisingly low
City rates poorly in real estate and safety categories
by Erik Pisor Nov 9